The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 32, Page 1H. Hughs, 1779 - English poetry |
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... foul ; and that fome wife men will be of my opinion , even if I should think a part of it better spent in the enjoyments of life , than in pleafing the critics . PAS- : PASTORALS , WITH A DISCOURSE ON PASTORAL Written in PREFACE . 13.
... foul ; and that fome wife men will be of my opinion , even if I should think a part of it better spent in the enjoyments of life , than in pleafing the critics . PAS- : PASTORALS , WITH A DISCOURSE ON PASTORAL Written in PREFACE . 13.
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... wife for pride , too good for power , Enjoy the glory to be great no more , And , carrying with you all the world can boast , To all the world illuftriously are loft ! 5 30 O let my Mufe her flender reed infpire , Till in your native ...
... wife for pride , too good for power , Enjoy the glory to be great no more , And , carrying with you all the world can boast , To all the world illuftriously are loft ! 5 30 O let my Mufe her flender reed infpire , Till in your native ...
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... wife and good , T'observe a mean , be to himself a friend , 245 250 To follow nature , and regard his end ; Or looks on heaven with more than mortal eyes , Bids his free foul expatiate in the skies , Amid her kindred stars familiar roam ...
... wife and good , T'observe a mean , be to himself a friend , 245 250 To follow nature , and regard his end ; Or looks on heaven with more than mortal eyes , Bids his free foul expatiate in the skies , Amid her kindred stars familiar roam ...
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... wife ! He fung , and hell confented To hear the Poet's prayer ; Stern Proferpine relented , And gave him back the fair . Thus fong could prevail O'er death , and o'er hell , ' A conquest how hard and how glorious ! Though fate had fast ...
... wife ! He fung , and hell confented To hear the Poet's prayer ; Stern Proferpine relented , And gave him back the fair . Thus fong could prevail O'er death , and o'er hell , ' A conquest how hard and how glorious ! Though fate had fast ...
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... wife . ' Tis more to guide , than fpur the Mufe's steed ; Restrain his fury , than provoke his speed : The winged courfer , like a generous horse , Shows moft true mettle when you check his course . Thofe RULES of old difcover'd , not ...
... wife . ' Tis more to guide , than fpur the Mufe's steed ; Restrain his fury , than provoke his speed : The winged courfer , like a generous horse , Shows moft true mettle when you check his course . Thofe RULES of old difcover'd , not ...
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Page 87 - HAPPY the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground ; Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in Summer yield him shade, In Winter fire.
Page 106 - Jove Now burns with glory, and then melts with love; Now his fierce eyes with sparkling fury glow, Now sighs steal out, and tears begin to flow: Persians and Greeks like turns of nature found.
Page 132 - And decks the goddess with the glittering spoil. This casket India's glowing gems unlocks, And all Arabia breathes from yonder box. The tortoise here and elephant unite, Transform'd to combs, the speckled and the white.
Page 146 - Here living tea-pots stand, one arm held out, One bent ; the handle this, and that the spout...
Page 119 - And bless their Critic with a Poet's fire. An ardent Judge, who zealous in his trust, With warmth gives sentence, yet is always just ; Whose own example strengthens all his laws ; And is himself that great Sublime he draws.
Page 88 - The world recedes; it disappears! Heaven opens on my eyes; my ears With sounds seraphic ring! Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I fly! O Grave! where is thy victory? O Death! where is thy sting?
Page 109 - Which lives as long as fools are pleas'd to laugh. Some valuing those of their own side or mind, Still make themselves the measure of mankind : Fondly we think we honour merit then, When we but praise ourselves in other men.
Page 52 - Be smooth, ye rocks ! ye rapid floods, give way ! The Saviour comes ! by ancient bards foretold : Hear him, ye deaf! and all ye blind, behold! He from thick films shall purge the visual ray, And on the sightless eyeball pour the day : 'Tis he th' obstructed paths of sound shall clear And bid new music charm th' unfolding ear: The dumb shall sing, the lame his crutch forego, And leap exulting like the bounding roe.
Page 55 - See a long race thy spacious courts adorn ; See future sons, and daughters yet unborn, In crowding ranks on every side arise, Demanding life, impatient for the skies ! See barbarous nations at thy gates attend, Walk in thy light, and in thy temple bend...
Page 96 - Itself unseen, but in th' effects remains. Some, to whom Heav'n in wit has been profuse, Want as much more, to turn it to its use ; For wit and judgment often are at strife, Tho' meant each other's aid, like man and wife.